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The accounting cycle tracks a transaction until it's added to your company's financial statement. Follow this eight-step ...

Financial records don’t just “end” when the fiscal year does. Companies often have a variety of accounts still open and active. To “close the books” on the period and establish the baseline for the ...

Financial accounting is a multi-step process for companies following double-entry methods. The first and most important step begins with a journal entry: the recording of financial information related ...

To provide guidance for financial year-end closing activities. The UTSA fiscal year is September 1 through August 31. Year-end closing activities are performed each fiscal year to help provide an ...